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Space telescopes
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The list Space telescopes includes
Spitzer Space Telescope, EROSITA, TWINS, TAUVEX and Nautilus Deep Space Observatory.
The list consists of 150 members
and 16 sublists.
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TWINS
pair of NASA instruments
Overview: Two Wide-Angle Imaging Neutral-Atom Spectrometers (TWINS) are a pair of NASA instruments aboard two United States National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellites in Molniya orbits. TWINS was designed to ...
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Kepler (spacecraft)
Tenth mission of the Discovery program; optical space telescope for exoplanetology
Overview: The Kepler space telescope is a defunct space telescope launched by NASA in 2009 to discover Earth-sized planets orbiting other stars. Named after astronomer Johannes Kepler, the spacecraft was launched ... 0
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Chinese H-alpha Solar Explorer
China's first solar observatoryOverview: Chinese H-alpha Solar Explorer (CHASE), also named Xihe (Chinese: 羲和) after the solar deity, is China's first solar observatory. It was launched aboard a Long March 2D rocket on 14 October 2021. CHASE ... 0
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Compton Spectrometer and Imager
2025 telescope, satellite part
Overview: The Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) is a NASA SMEX astrophysics mission that will launch a soft gamma-ray telescope (0.2–5 MeV) in 2027. It is a wide-field compact Compton telescope (CCT) that ... 0
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Lunar Ultraviolet Cosmic Imager
TelescopeOverview: Lunar Ultraviolet Cosmic Imager (LUCI) is a small planned telescope that will be landed on the Moon to scan the sky in near UV wavelengths. It is a technology demonstrator developed by the Indian Institute ... 0
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SPHEREx
NASA near-infrared space observatory
Overview: SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) is a near-infrared space observatory that will perform an all-sky survey to measure the near-infrared ... 0
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IXPE
NASA/ASI space observatory to study cosmic X-rays
Overview: Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, commonly known as IXPE or SMEX-14, is a space observatory with three identical telescopes designed to measure the polarization of cosmic X-rays of black holes, neutron ... 0
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PicSat
French nano-satellite
Overview: PicSat was a French observatory nanosatellite, designed to measure the transit of Beta Pictoris b, an exoplanet which orbits the star Beta Pictoris. 0
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X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission
Japanese X-ray space telescope
Overview: The X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM, pronounced 'crism' or 'krizz-em', as if the X was a chi), is an X-ray space telescope. It is a mission of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) ... 0
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Lem (satellite)
Polish nanosatellite observatory
Overview: Lem (also called BRITE-PL) is the first Polish governmental artificial satellite. It was launched in November 2013 as part of the Bright-star Target Explorer (BRITE) programme. The spacecraft was launched ... 0
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Heweliusz (satellite)
Polish nanosatellite observatory
Overview: Heweliusz (also called BRITE-PL) is the second Polish scientific satellite launched in 2014 as part of the Bright-star Target Explorer (BRITE) programme. The spacecraft was launched aboard a Chang Zheng ... 0
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Venus Spectral Rocket Experiment
suborbital rocket telescopeOverview: The Venus Spectral Rocket Experiment (VeSpR) was a suborbital rocket telescope that collected data on the ultraviolet (UV) light that is being emitted from Venus's atmosphere, which can provide information ... 0
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VENµS
Israeli French remote sensing satellite multispectral imaging and testing hall effect thruster
Overview: Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New Micro-Satellite (VENμS) is a near polar Sun-synchronous orbit microsatellite. It is a joint project of the Israeli Space Agency and CNES. The project was ... 0
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Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
space telescope
Overview: The Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT) was a space telescope designed to make spectroscopic observations in the far-ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum. It was flown into orbit on the Space ... 0
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Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
NASA satellite of the Explorer program
Overview: Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is a space telescope for NASA's Explorer program, designed to search for exoplanets using the transit method in an area 400 times larger than that covered by ... 0
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Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
decommissioned American infrared space telescope
Overview: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE, observatory code C51, Explorer 92 and MIDEX-6) was a NASA infrared astronomy space telescope in the Explorers Program launched in December 2009. WISE discovered ... 0
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EXOSAT
space observatory
Overview: The European X-ray Observatory Satellite (EXOSAT), originally named HELOS, was an X-ray telescope operational from May 1983 until April 1986 and in that time made 1780 observations in the X-ray band of ... 0
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HALCA
Japanese space observatory
Overview: HALCA (Highly Advanced Laboratory for Communications and Astronomy), also known for its project name VSOP (VLBI Space Observatory Programme), the code name MUSES-B (for the second of the Mu Space Engi ... 0
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Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
former NASA space observatory
Overview: The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) was a space observatory detecting photons with energies from 20 keV to 30 GeV, in Earth orbit from 1991 to 2000. The observatory featured four main telescopes in ... 0
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Laser Interferometer Space Antenna
third large mission of Cosmic Vision; gravitational-wave space observatory
Overview: The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is a planned space probe to detect and measure gravitational waves—tiny ripples in the fabric of spacetime—from astronomical sources. LISA will be the first ... 0
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